Posted on 07/19/2024 3:10:52 PM PDT by Cronos
The Kremlin said on Thursday that pledges by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to create "a true European Defence Union" if she won a second term spoke to the mood in Europe towards militarisation and confrontation.
In a document setting out her programme ahead of a European Parliament vote on granting her another term, Von der Leyen said the effort would include flagship projects on air and cyber defence over the next five years.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the document reflected von der Leyen's "changing priorities" and said her proposals gave a "military colouring" to the European Union.
Peskov told reporters that her proposal "confirms the general attitude of European states to militarisation, escalation of tension, confrontation and reliance on confrontational methods in their foreign policy."
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Typically Muscowite, accusing others of what you do yourself
About time European countries took their own defence seriously. An EU army to defend against the Kremlin?
Don’t mess with Biden’s NATO he rebuilt. His priority.
The Russians are very good at propaganda. Too bad for them propaganda doesn’t win wars.
Eurotrash say a lot of things so it pays to look at what they have actually done or currently doing. They will never stop trying to drain our treasury though. The t is long past time to kick them to the curb and let them stand on their own. Trump should give them two years to really arm up or America is out of NATO.
I am think NATO really means “Need America To Overpay.”
How about NATO disband and the wonderful fascist EU take over their paranoia and defense? The USA has bigger fish to fry in the Pacific and Southern Border.
A-hole Europeons want to rope us into their enlarged “union” via NATO Article V.
Dissolve NATO! Let the EU do it!
America First!
But what would Biden run on?😂
His legacy ya know.
Amen!
The EU countries can rearm if they want to.
Taking Trump’s advice seven years late is still better than not taking it at all.
Absolutely they should militarize. I have no problems with their militarization as long as they are paying for it themselves.
EU + USA is 20 times bigger than Russia’s GDP.
And still can not expel Russia from Ukraine.
It is, and it is also a sign to me that Europe does not need the United States as part of NATO. Let them proceed on their own.
I’m all for getting us the heck out of Europe. However, I fear an EU military would be used to force NWO stuff down the throats of those few countries that still have conservative Christian values (like Hungary). That shouldn’t stop us from bailing though.
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